diff --git a/python/CHANGELOG b/python/CHANGELOG
index afd7b09..e3a698d 100644
--- a/python/CHANGELOG
+++ b/python/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+- 0.0.8
+	- Add executable to add writers and addresses after deploy
 - 0.0.7
 	- Rename contracts-dir flag to abi-dir
 	- Use package data dir as default abi dir
diff --git a/python/MANIFEST.in b/python/MANIFEST.in
index 4bff9ca..ebc3162 100644
--- a/python/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/python/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1 +1 @@
-include **/*.abi.json
+include **/data/*.json **/data/*.bin
diff --git a/python/eth_accounts_index/data/AccountsIndex.abi.json b/python/eth_accounts_index/data/AccountsIndex.json
similarity index 100%
rename from python/eth_accounts_index/data/AccountsIndex.abi.json
rename to python/eth_accounts_index/data/AccountsIndex.json
diff --git a/python/eth_accounts_index/runnable/add.py b/python/eth_accounts_index/runnable/add.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07ffce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/eth_accounts_index/runnable/add.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"""Adds writers and/or account entries to accounts index
+
+.. moduleauthor:: Louis Holbrook <dev@holbrook.no>
+.. pgp:: 0826EDA1702D1E87C6E2875121D2E7BB88C2A746 
+
+"""
+
+# standard imports
+import os
+import json
+import argparse
+import logging
+
+# third-party imports
+import web3
+
+
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.WARNING)
+logg = logging.getLogger()
+
+logging.getLogger('web3').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+logging.getLogger('urllib3').setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+
+script_dir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+data_dir = os.path.join(script_dir, '..', 'data')
+
+argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+argparser.add_argument('-p', '--provider', dest='p', default='http://localhost:8545', type=str, help='Web3 provider url (http only)')
+argparser.add_argument('-w', '--writer', dest='w', action='append', type=str, help='Writer to add')
+argparser.add_argument('-o', '--owner', dest='o', type=str, help='Accounts index owner')
+argparser.add_argument('-a', '--account', dest='a', action='append', type=str, help='Account to add')
+argparser.add_argument('-r', '--accounts-index-address', dest='r', required=True, type=str, help='Contract address to account index to edit')
+argparser.add_argument('--abi-dir', dest='abi_dir', type=str, default=data_dir, help='Directory containing bytecode and abi (default: {})'.format(data_dir))
+argparser.add_argument('-v', action='store_true', help='Be verbose')
+args = argparser.parse_args()
+
+if args.v:
+    logg.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+def main():
+    w3 = web3.Web3(web3.Web3.HTTPProvider(args.p))
+
+    f = open(os.path.join(args.abi_dir, 'AccountsIndex.json'), 'r')
+    abi = json.load(f)
+    f.close()
+
+    w3.eth.defaultAccount = w3.eth.accounts[0]
+    if args.o != None:
+        w3.eth.defaultAccount = args.o
+    logg.debug('owner address {}'.format(w3.eth.defaultAccount))
+
+    c = w3.eth.contract(abi=abi, address=args.r)
+
+    if args.w != None:
+        for w in args.w:
+            logg.info('adding {} to write list'.format(w))
+            print(c.functions.addWriter(w).transact().hex())
+
+    if args.a != None:
+        for a in args.a:
+            logg.info('adding {} to accounts index'.format(a))
+            print(c.functions.add(a).transact().hex())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/python/setup.cfg b/python/setup.cfg
index c69a709..94a640c 100644
--- a/python/setup.cfg
+++ b/python/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = eth-accounts-index
-version = 0.0.7
+version = 0.0.8
 description = Accounts index evm contract tooling with permissioned writes
 author = Louis Holbrook
 author_email = dev@holbrook.no
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ packages =
 	eth_accounts_index
 	eth_accounts_index.runnable
 install_requires =
-	confini==0.3.4
+	confini==0.3.5
 	web3==5.12.2
 tests_require = 
 	pytest==6.0.1
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ testing =
 	py-evm==0.3.0a20
 
 [options.package_data]
-* = **/*.abi.json
+* =
+ 	**/data/*.json
+ 	**/data/*.bin
 
 [options.entry_points]
 console_scripts =
 	accounts-index-deploy = eth_accounts_index.runnable.deploy:main
+	accounts-index-add = eth_accounts_index.runnable.add:main
diff --git a/solidity/test.py b/solidity/test.py
index 8b953b1..3d415f7 100644
--- a/solidity/test.py
+++ b/solidity/test.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ f = open('AccountsIndex.bin', 'r')
 bytecode = f.read()
 f.close()
 
-f = open('AccountsIndex.abi.json', 'r')
+f = open('AccountsIndex.json', 'r')
 abi = json.load(f)
 f.close()